Civil rights monitor applications present a choice: Local knowledge or national expertise

The city provided the Baltimore Sun with the full applications for the multimillion-dollar project — some of which run to hundreds of pages laying out plans to oversee the reforms. (Ulysses Muñoz / Baltimore Sun)

The city provided the Baltimore Sun with the full applications for the multimillion-dollar project — some of which run to hundreds of pages laying out plans to oversee the reforms. (Ulysses Muñoz / Baltimore Sun)

The city provided the Baltimore Sun with the full applications for the multimillion-dollar project — some of which run to hundreds of pages laying out plans to oversee the reforms. (Ulysses Muñoz / Baltimore Sun)